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Manchester F&B Network

The Food and Beverage (F&B) industry is vital to the economy and identity of Manchester and CityCo and the Manchester BID are committed to supporting its growth and influence.

Our Manchester F&B Network brings together city centre operators at informal consultation and networking briefings. The meetings allow businesses to connect with each other and city decision makers, and discuss the priorities and concerns of the food and drink sector.

Aims of the network

To facilitate better channels of communication between F&B services, agencies and city partners

To establish priorities of the industry through regular consultation

To coordinate opportunities for industry networking

To provide a coherent and influential voice for the industry a local and national government level

To affect positive change for the industry

In 2017 we started by addressing the issues of rough-sleeping and criminal activity and how F&B venues can best prepare and respond, with the advice of city authorities including GMP and Manchester City Council. We then discussed the importance of counter-terrorism awareness training (Project Griffin) among the F&B community.